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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 29, 2002Mitchell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 2002, 8:21 PM CST for Mitchell County, Texas. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 29, 2002, 8:21 PM CST (02:21 UTC)
Expired: Mar 29, 2002, 9:00 PM CST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mitchell County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 29, 8:45 PM CST	Hail 0.75	Colorado City, TX

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 29, 7:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 122 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 305 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

459 
WUUS54 KMAF 300221
SVRMAF
TXC335-300300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
820 PM CST FRI MAR 29 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MITCHELL COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 900 PM CST

* AT 820 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTH OF WESTBROOK...OR ABOUT 25 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF COLORADO CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
  COLORADO CITY...WESTBROOK AND LORAINE

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKLES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

LAT...LON 3242 10118 3210 10116 3209 10068 3251 10067

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 29, 6:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ector, Midland	67 min
Mar 29, 6:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell	26 min
Mar 29, 7:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock	55 min
Mar 29, 7:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Howard	46 min
Mar 29, 10:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Winkler	39 min
Mar 30, 12:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Upton	38 min
Mar 30, 3:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Gaines	29 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.